Base Realignment and Closure

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United States defense policy process military base closure program

Base Realignment and Closure is a U.S. Department of Defense process used to systematically reorganize, consolidate, and close military installations to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Base Realignment and Closure process 6
Base Realignment and Closure canonical 2
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States defense policy process ⓘ
military base closure program ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
appliesTo Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. military installations ⓘ
associatedWith post-Cold War force reductions ⓘ
transformation of U.S. military posture ⓘ
controversy community opposition to base closures ⓘ
debates over projected cost savings ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decisionProcess commission-based recommendation ⓘ
congressional review ⓘ
presidential approval ⓘ
evaluationCriteria cost savings ⓘ
future force requirements ⓘ
jointness and interoperability ⓘ
military value ⓘ
firstRound 1988 BRAC round ⓘ
governedBy independent BRAC commission recommendations ⓘ
hasAcronym BRAC 2005 ⓘ
surface form: BRAC
impact defense infrastructure footprint ⓘ
force structure of U.S. military ⓘ
local economies near closed bases ⓘ
involves closure of bases ⓘ
realignment of missions ⓘ
relocation of units ⓘ
legalBasis U.S. federal law ⓘ
managedBy Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
notableRound 1991 BRAC round ⓘ
1993 BRAC round ⓘ
1995 BRAC round ⓘ
2005 BRAC round ⓘ
purpose close military installations ⓘ
consolidate military installations ⓘ
increase efficiency ⓘ
reduce costs ⓘ
reorganize military installations ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. defense budget ⓘ
base reuse and redevelopment ⓘ
military infrastructure planning ⓘ
requires environmental impact analysis ⓘ
public notification and comment ⓘ
resultsIn environmental remediation obligations ⓘ
excess property disposal ⓘ
scope active-duty installations ⓘ
reserve component facilities ⓘ

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Base Realignment and Closure
Description of subject: Base Realignment and Closure is a U.S. Department of Defense process used to systematically reorganize, consolidate, and close military installations to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Ord, California, United States → closureProgram → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
subject surface form: Fort Ord
Fort McPherson → reasonForClosure → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure process
House Committee on Armed Services → hasJurisdictionOver → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: base realignment and closure (BRAC)
former Naval Air Station Glenview → closureProgram → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
subject surface form: Naval Air Station Glenview
Onizuka Air Force Station → closureReason → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure process
United States Department of Defense infrastructure → relatedTo → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure process
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas → isComponentOf → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Base San Antonio–Fort Sam Houston
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) joint basing initiative
Base Realignment and Closure 1995 → follows → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure 1993
Base Realignment and Closure 1995 → partOf → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure process
Base Realignment and Closure 1995 → supervisedBy → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure Commission
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act → relatedTo → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure process
BRAC 2005 → partOf → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure process
Griffiss Air Force Base (former) → closureProgram → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
subject surface form: Griffiss Air Force Base
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base → closureProgram → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure program
Naval Support Facility Anacostia → mergedUnderProgram → Base Realignment and Closure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)